Sydney's first certified passivhaus was built in 2019, so we have a solid five years of experience living the passivhaus dream. Sitting between a train line and busy road on a lot with a large tallowood tree smack in the middle, our two-story, 3 bedroom home uses passivhaus construction (insulation, air-tightness, and triple glazed windows) to achieve energy efficiency and quiet interior space.
Since March 2020, the interior house temperature has been ranged between 20 & 25 °C more than 93% of the time, between 18 & 25 °C more than 98% of the time. The house is entirely electric has used ~ 13.5kWh/day while generating about the same amount of power from our 5.2kW solar system (that is well shaded by our tallowood tree).
Envirotecture, Red Cedar Constructions, and the Thornleigh Passivhaus blog have a fair bit of additional information if you're keen to know more... or come a long for visit and a chat.
